Spearheaded by Punjabi farmers, the agitation is gaining in strength every passing day, with more farmers from all over India joining. Until now, the BJP has successfully played its Hindutva card to dominate the political narrative and trounce its political opponents. The question, therefore, is will the farmers’ agitation make the Hindutva juggernaut halt and allow a return to a level playing field in Indian politics. But Muslims are important to the Hindutva project because their demonization keeps India’s Hindu majority distracted, suppressing their inner societal and cultural contradictions. It has taught them that cartographically, Bangladesh is another country and hence India’s domestic politics end at India’s Bangladesh border.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 21, 2020 00:22 UTC